Warhammer Sporting 750,000 Accounts

Mythic is proudly WAAAAGHing the news that Warhammer Online has 750,000 registered player accounts. That's big news and you can read it below.

750,000 Players Join the Waaagh! in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

The Armies of WAR Continue to Grow as New Recruits Join the Battle in Support of Order or Destruction

FAIRFAX, Va. - Oct. 10, 2008 Mythic Entertainment, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that 750,000 players have registered for the critically acclaimed fantasy MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™ (WAR) in North America, Europe and the Oceanic territories. WAR topped the PC sales charts around the world at launch, and is on track to be one of the best-selling PC games of 2008.

"Thanks to our players, the war between the Realms continues to escalate at an incredible pace," said Mark Jacobs, co-founder and general manager of Mythic Entertainment. "The battlefields are alive with three quarters of a million players fighting for the forces of Order and Destruction in truly epic and unparalleled Realm vs. Realm battles!"

Based on the popular tabletop war game from Games Workshop, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning features revolutionary Realm vs. Realm™ conflict that will provide an engaging battleground for years to come. Available for PC and rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB, WAR is now in stores everywhere at an MSRP of $49.99. For more information, visit http://www.warhammeronline.com/

Time will tell whether or not this level of player interest holds or not. Let's see what the announcements say in a month or two.

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They dont happilly announce if they are losing a few players though ;)

Not a wow killer, but still considerable lot bigger than AOC and LOTRO.